Faisal Ali Shah, Saeed Anwar, Amjad Hilal.
Psychological & behavioural effects in children from the conflict affected district of Swat.
J Pak Psych Soc Jan ;10(2):103-6.

Objective: To assess the psychological and behavioural effects in children from conflict torn district of Swat. Design: A cross-sectional study with purposive sampling. Place and Duration of study: Union councils of Hazara and Kanju in district Swat, from August 2011 to January 2012. Subjects and Methods: A purposive sampling method was used for constituting the sample of the study and the sample size was 93. The sample was gender representative and questionnaires were used for data collection. Results: Results revealed a heightened level of psychological and behavioural changes, fear and disquietude in the sample. Conclusion: The conflict and floods in Swat have worsened the condition to an extent where these conditions are having an adverse psychological impact on the children of the area.

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